Artworks

Richard Alpert (2016)

Spinning Bowl, (2016) takes a commonplace object and experience and presents these in a way that emphasizes not only their beauty, but also the playful means by which this action is accomplished. While kinetic energy, moment of inertia and friction may be associated with the motion of the bowl, it is not my intention to illustrate these principles. The motion of the bowl, the reflective qualities of the glass, the illusion of depth and geometric circles have created a mesmerizing effect with a startling end.

Dancing Color Blocks, (2016) is a metaphor for the untenable nature of the present. No present is ever really present. The title, the angles of the camera, the mechanism by which the objects move and the sounds you hear provide a context/frame that our senses eagerly accept and allow the mind to process and predict outcomes. We know what this is about. However, this comfortable, familiar mental construct is quickly transformed from order to disorder by the energy generated through accretion, dispersion and acoustic vibrations. Stasis is an illusion. Change is the only constant that permeates our physical world. It serves only as a bridge between past and future.

Ball on Track, (2016) — What is a state of consciousness? Is it a disjointed dream, empirical reality, an illusion, a mysterious non-physical entity or something beyond? This video is a poem about anticipation, surprise, anxiety and finally, choice. In the end when our conscious mind finds a little solitude we can still be caught unaware and surprised.